Page 101 of Shrouded in the Dark

I couldn’t have that. I sat up slowly, giving Axel time to stop petting my hair, as I pulled my legs out of Jasper’s lap. I stood from the couch before going to stand in front of Jasper. He looked up at me, his lips parted slightly.

“You guys have never pressured me to do anything.” I cupped his face between my hands. “All you’ve done is show me that it’s okay to be myself. I may not be very sexually experienced, but I know my body.I need all of you.Just like I need air. Is it strange that it doesn’t send me straight to an anxiety attack? We all know I would have freaked out about this before all of this happened. Now that it has? I’m fine with it.” I leaned forward, kissing his cheek before moving to his nose. “I want all of you so much that it feels like I’m in a permanent lust filled haze.”

That got me a laugh from both of them.

Cody came back into the room from the hallway with his arms full of some type of equipment. It actually looked pretty fancy. He paused as he saw us but grinned when I smiled at him.

“So, does this mean we’re having a kinky karaoke party?”

We all burst out laughing as he moved to the TV to start setting up the machine. Jasper pressed his hands over mine on his face before he stood.

“Thanks, Becs.” He kissed me gently as he moved to help Cody. They immediately started arguing about what got plugged where.

“You handled that well.” Axel was behind me, his big shadow a comfort as I tipped my face to look back at him. He ran a thumb along my jawline. “We’ll have fun tonight.”

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Cody

“I need a hero! I’m holding out for a hero to the end of the night!” The music blared out of the speakers as I belted out the lyrics in a high pitched voice.

Becca was laughing, almost in tears, at my antics. My hips moved with the beat as I rocked out. I jumped on the ottoman as I shook my ass in Wyn’s face. The guy started to laugh with Becca.

My wolf was still wary around him. He was a Venandi, after all, but he’d mated with Becca and that’s all I needed to know. If Becca was happy, I was happy.

Her laughter and smile kept the demons away. Maybe one day, with her help, they’d be gone completely.

“I need a hero!” My foot slipped on the last note and I ended up flailing backward into Jasper’s lap. He grunted at the impact. “Well, hi there, sexy!”

“Bravo!” Becca clapped for me as my score of seventy nine popped up on the screen. “Great job, Cody!” She looked at the others. “Drink up!” She took a shot of tequila like a champ. Her nose crinkled at the taste but she didn’t complain.

The guys, including Wyn, all took a drink from what they’d chosen as their drink of choice.

“Okay. Who is the next victim?” I tapped the mic on my mouth as I looked around the room.

Seth avoided my glance as he took another drink of beer. He had moved to sit the furthest away. It was like he was trying to make sure I picked him. I couldn’t let him down.

“Seth! My man! It’s your turn! Sing us the lovely song of your people!” I threw my hands up in the air as I moved to him. I held out the mic. “I’ll even let you pick the song!”

The glare he shot me was supposed to scare me, but with how much fun I was having, I just laughed.

“Please, Seth? I would love to hear your voice.” Becca came to my rescue. I didn’t even have to look back to see she was using her big, adorable cobalt eyes on him.

His annoyance at me melted away and he took the mic. “I’ll get you back for this, Cody. Mark my words.”

“Will you spank me?” I made sure to ask the question as he walked around me so that I could rub up against him as I went to sit down next to Jasper.

Seth set up the mic on the stand, staring me down. A thrill ran up my spine and my wolf’s tail started to wag. Oh, he was going to definitely spank me later.

He went through the list too quickly for us to see what he picked as his song, but as it began, I turned to watch Becca’s reaction.

As Seth started the first notes in Firecracker by Josh Turner, her mouth dropped open in surprise. The blush that started at her cheeks spread as his voice lowered to match the notes.

Even though he griped about singing, Seth’s voice was sinful. He rarely sang because it actually embarrassed him for some reason, but I loved to listen to him. Especially when he would have to growl through some notes.

By the scent Becca was giving off, she was enjoying his voice as much as I was. She didn’t seem to notice that we could tell, either. Her attention was solely on Seth, who had started showing off a little by moving to the song.

I adjusted myself since I had begun to sport a boner. Jasper snickered into his hand as he coughed to cover it over.